Re: problems creating DVD directory structure from a single video

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote, on 12/08/11 09:24:
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:37:42 +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote:
>
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote, on 11/08/11 18:20:
>>>
>>> <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=26498862>
>
>> Thanks, I read that but still couldn't work out the exact dvdauthor
>> commands to create a simple DVD from one VOB file. (In this case the
>> system was PAL and the aspect ratio was 16:9 if you can provide a
>> suggested example).
>
> I prefer to use an XML control file. It can be as simple as
>
>      <dvdauthor>
>          <vmgm>
>              <fpc>
>                  jump title 1;
>              </fpc>
>          </vmgm>
>          <titleset>
>              <titles>
>                  <video aspect="16:9"/>
>                  <pgc>
>                      <vob file="vid.mpg"/>
>                  </pgc>
>              </titles>
>          </titleset>
>      </dvdauthor>
>
> In post-0.7.0, you can set the video format once and for all for the
> entire authoring session on the first line:
>
>      <dvdauthor format="pal">
>
> Otherwise you need to set it in one of the ways as described at the
> above link.
>
>> It may be a Debian packaging issue, but the documentation has never
>> been clear enough to me for those wanting a quick way to create a
>> playable DVD having already used the videotrans package to create one
>> or move VOB files.
>
> VOB as an extension only has meaning as part of a complete DVD-Video
> directory structure. I.e. as the output of dvdauthor, not its input.
> Its input is MPEG-2 format with placeholders where the NAV packs will
> go. I prefer to use FFmpeg to do the conversion, since a simple
> “-target pal-dvd” or “-target ntsc-dvd” will preset all the right
> options for the output, and convert just about anything for the input.

OK, I have kaffeine 0.8.7-1 (the only app that works with my DVB-T USB 
stick) create file file with ending *.m2t.

ffmpeg -i 'Wonders of the Universe.m2t' -target pal-dvd vid.mpg

That seemed to work alright.

I created a file called dvdauthor-demo.xml:

<dvdauthor>
         <vmgm>
             <fpc>
                 jump title 1;
             </fpc>
         </vmgm>
         <titleset>
             <titles>
                 <video aspect="16:9"/>
                 <pgc>
                     <vob file="vid.mpg"/>
                 </pgc>
             </titles>
         </titleset>
</dvdauthor>

then ran:

$ dvdauthor -o /mnt/halftebi/home/amarsh04/wonders -x dvdauthor-demo.xml
DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.7.0.
Build options: gnugetopt imagemagick iconv freetype fribidi fontconfig
Send bug reports to <[email protected]>

INFO: no default video format, must explicitly specify NTSC or PAL
INFO: dvdauthor creating VTS
STAT: Picking VTS 01

STAT: Processing vid.mpg...
STAT: VOBU 11968 at 5105MB, 1 PGCs
INFO: Video pts = 0.540 .. 7202.100
INFO: Audio[0] pts = 0.540 .. 7201.788
STAT: VOBU 11968 at 5106MB, 1 PGCs
CHAPTERS: VTS[1/1] 0.000
INFO: Generating VTS with the following video attributes:
INFO: MPEG version: mpeg2
INFO: TV standard: pal
INFO: Aspect ratio: 16:9
INFO: Resolution: 720x576
INFO: Audio ch 0 format: ac3/2ch,  48khz drc

STAT: fixed 11968 VOBUs
INFO: dvdauthor creating table of contents
INFO: Scanning /mnt/halftebi/home/amarsh04/wonders/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO
ERR:  no video format specified for VMGM

If I try to specify PAL format, the dvdauthor program complains:

$ dvdauthor -v pal+16:9 -o /mnt/halftebi/home/amarsh04/wonders -x 
dvdauthor-demo.xml
DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.7.0.
Build options: gnugetopt imagemagick iconv freetype fribidi fontconfig
Send bug reports to <[email protected]>

INFO: no default video format, must explicitly specify NTSC or PAL
ERR:  Must first specify -t, -m, or -x.

$ dvdauthor -o /mnt/halftebi/home/amarsh04/wonders -x dvdauthor-demo.xml 
-v pal+16:9
DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.7.0.
Build options: gnugetopt imagemagick iconv freetype fribidi fontconfig
Send bug reports to <[email protected]>

INFO: no default video format, must explicitly specify NTSC or PAL
ERR:  Cannot use command line options after specifying XML config file

I'm afraid that I find this command line behaviour a tad annoying...

Arthur.



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